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Publication Oken (1815): summary

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Full Citation

Oken, L. 1815. Okens Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte 3. 1270 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Anodon Oken, 1815

Oken, 1815. Lehrb. Naturg. 3: 238.
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 30.
‘Lam.’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 6.
‘Lam.’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262.
‘Burguière’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 1.
(new name for Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta cygnea

Lymnium Oken, 1815

Oken, 1815. Lehrb. Naturg. 3: 237.
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (original designation) = Unio pictorum

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodon cygneum = Anodonta cygnea

Lymnium fusca

Lymnium pictorum = Unio pictorum

Unio margaritifera = Margaritifera margaritifera
 
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